Director
Molly Gooch
Ms. Gooch has been heavily involved in the show choir world since she first joined show choir at Oak Middle School. She was in advanced ensembles and held many leadership roles. She continued show choir while attending Los Alamitos High School which has several nationally ranked show choirs. Ms. Gooch was a part of several choirs over her four years including SoundTrax and Sound FX. She was also a section leader for several years, the Vocal Music Chair of the department, and the lead tech for 2 years. Ms. Gooch’s favorite part of choir was all the friends she made and how they became a family. All the choir members love and support each other through everything and she is still close with many of the friends she made in show choir.
In college, Ms. Gooch studied Vocal Performance at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo and was involved in the advanced concert choir and the chamber choir which was a select group of 24 singers. Ms. Gooch was also the section leader of the advanced choir for three years and served as choir president for her final year in the program. In addition to her B.A. in Music, Ms. Gooch used the pandemic year to get her Master’s of Arts in Teaching from Longy School of Music of Bard College. She student taught 3rd grade students online and had the privilege to substitute for one of the choir teachers at Los Alamitos High School. She cannot wait to teach her new students and put all of the tools she’s learned over the last year to good use.
Choreographer
Kylie Christensen
Kylie has loved singing and dancing ever since she was little. She started doing show choir when she was in middle school and went on to join the Los Alamitos High School choir program. While a member of Sound FX, Kylie had the opportunity to perform on some of the most famous stages across the country, including the Grand Ole Opry and Lincoln Center. They won multiple national championships, and in her senior year, Kylie served as a Dance and Vocal Music Captain.
Kylie then attended Cypress College where she received her A.A. in Dance, A.A. in Psychology, and her Dance Teaching Certificate. She is a graduate of Cal State University, Long Beach with a B.A. in Liberal Studies. Over the last several years, Kylie has been teaching and choreographing at various dance studios, middle school and high school show choir programs, colleges, and summer enrichment/community outreach programs. Kylie loves being able to share her love of dance and show choir with her students.
Accompanist
Nyleen Turner
